China Advocates for US to Agree to a “Freeze-for-Freeze Scheme” With North Korea
As I have said before from the Chinese perspective a freeze deal between the US and North Korea is in their interests. Freezing US-ROK joint military exercises is a way to reduce military readiness and push forward the long term goal of separating the ROK from the US:
China reiterated on Thursday that the most reasonable way to resolve North Korea’s nuclear stalemate is to push for a stop to joint military exercises between South Korea and the U.S. in exchange for freezing Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile provocations.
“China sees the freeze-for-freeze scheme is the most reasonable way,” Geng Shuang, China’s foreign ministry spokesman, told a regular press briefing.
He made the remarks in response to what U.S. President Donald Trump earlier said.
Explaining the outcome of his 12-day Asia trip that also included a summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, Trump said on Wednesday (Washington time) that the two leaders agreed that they “would not accept” the freeze for freeze agreement, “like those that have consistently failed in the past.”
The spokesman said stopping the joint military exercises and provocations at the same time is the “first step” necessary to create an environment for talks and called for other countries to “actively” consider the method that China had proposed. [Yonhap]
You can read more at the link, but the whole dispute over the US deployment of the THAAD battery to South Korea is just another front in China’s long term effort to separate the US and the ROK.
So, a win for North Korea (which they will promptly cheat on), a win for China as South Korea’s war fighting skills atrophy while they sell North Korea more missile trucks, a loss for South Korea as their war fighting skills weaken, and a loss for the US as our allies lose valuable training and skills.
Nothing could go wrong here. Sign it!
@MTB Rider, what is even sadder is that many of the so called “experts” think this is a great deal.
That is why I think the Trump administration should tell the Chinese and the expert class that they would sign such a deal only if vigorous inspections are allowed and when the North Koreans are found to be in non-compliance the B-52s are on their way. The North Koreans would never agree because then they can’t cheat on the deal, but this allows the Trump administration to say they tried a freeze deal and it didn’t work.
A “freeze” won’t work. Unless there is a complete shutdown and dismantling of the nuke program, as well as both onsite and periodic inspections of the key sites, it’s just another “Agreed Framework”.
Of course, State is half commie or more. Reminds me of the old song about the blacksmith and the silly girl… We need to avoid being the silly girl again…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRb6GSj12wU
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F State! 😡
All this deal does is make China Great Again.
Of course China would like it. And since Commie President Moon is back to presenting tribute to the Chinese Emperor at the Western Gate, he will fall right in line. (See the 3 No declaration; South Korea bowing to China).